Gratitude - These Three Words Can Get You Through Anything! Even the Holidays!
By Barbara Zagata, Dec. 9, 2008
 

Don’t Stress~Manifest!

Truly, just stop and think about this and while you’re at it take a big, deep breath.

When is the last time you worried about something and that helped the situation in any way?

Imagine turning the blender on with the lid off -- this is what you do with your energy every time you stress out about something. You totally dissipate the power you have to consciously create what you would rather have.

If you think stress is out of your control, consider this. You know how your spouse or best friend gets really stressed out over certain issues and you don’t? You are able to help shift their perspective because you just don’t “get it,” not like they do. Thank God!

On the other hand, there are issues that push your buttons that completely wouldn’t faze someone else. This is because stress is a learned response. Just becoming aware of this can help you recognize that maybe what’s creating your distress isn’t really worth giving your energy to…

What if instead you chose to focus your precious life force on what you want to create? Instead of worrying about how you are going to pay for something, every time you have enough to pay for anything and I mean anything, use that as an opportunity to feel as much appreciation as you can that you have enough to buy that or pay for that.

While you’re at it, instead of feeling resentful about the cost of something, what is it about that expense that you can feel grateful for? A warm home? A family vacation you took while the kids were still young enough to actually enjoy spending family time together (ex. credit card debt). Cultivate gratitude.

The more you focus on gratitude, the more you will have to feel grateful for and affirming “enough"..."always enough" is far more empowering than focusing on a specific number.

When you are in this feel good place its prime time for dreaming about something you would like to create or manifest that you don’t already have. Vividly visualizing this while imagining you already have it and feeling truly grateful for having that is what will bring this into your reality.

More than anything outside of yourself, your own inner resistance will slow down the process of achieving any goal. Inner resistance can show up in many forms -- doubt, unworthiness, longing because you’ve never had it before…

Notice where you have a “kink in the hose” and as you clear those “kinks” and open your channels to receive manifesting will get easier and easier. One day you’ll find yourself living a life of beauty, abundance and joy and feeling grateful for every precious moment you get to feel fully alive, joyfully, playfully, creating your life.


Author's Bio

Author of “Don’t Stress~Manifest: 21 Truths to Set You Financially Free,” Barbara Zagata says that when you know the 21 truths like you know your ABC’s, it’s just a matter of time until you are creating the life of your dreams.

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      From Me ('65) of NC - 12/12/08 - "And speaking of food...":

   This is another recipe I might make while I'm visiting in Illinois (when we get bored from eating all those sweet desserts):

  From Ron Miller ('59) of NC - 12/12/08 - "Ford Motors":

The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees.

The four brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that four gentlemen were there with the most exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter.

Henry was curious and  invited them into his office. They refused and instead asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car. They persuaded him to get into the car, which was about 130 degrees, turned on the air conditioner, and cooled the car off immediately.

The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office, where he offered them $3 million for the patent.

The brothers refused, saying they would settle for $2 million, but they wanted the recognition by having a label, 'The Goldberg Air-Conditioner,' on the  dashboard of each car in which it was installed.

Now old man Ford was more than just a little anti-Semitic, and there was no way he was going to put the Goldberg's name on two million Fords.

They haggled back and forth for about two hours, and finally agreed on $4 million and that just their  first names would be shown, And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show Lo, Norm, Hi, and  Max on the controls.

So, now you  know...the rest of the story

P.S. Don't lose your sense of  humor during these challenging times!

    You would be delighted to know the extent to which I bit for this, Sweetie! Thanks, Ronnie!

        From David Whitley ('67) of VA - 12/03/08 (but not discovered until 12/08/08) - "All these pictures are made from FOOD" (#6 in a Series of 7):

This is really cool, look closely at each picture; most everything is a kind of food. Lots of detail & tons more imagination than I have...      Thanks, Gorgeous! These are really incredible!

HOLIDAY REUNION NEWS:

The NNHS Class of 1958 Gathering and Dinner will be held Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 6:00 PM at Al Fresco Ristorante, 11710 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606.  CONTACT: Joe Drewry (jwdvt@aol.com, 757-244-4443, ext 4)

DATES TO REMEMBER:

2. April 23, 24, & 25, 2009 - Class of 1954 will hold their 55th-Year Reunion. For details contact Dr. Harry Simpson at 804-694-0346 or email him at hdsdds@aol.com - CLASS OF 1954

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   Y'all take care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!

                                  Love to all, Carol

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(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays

Music by Robert Allen
(05 Feb 1927 - 01 Oct 2000)

Words by Al Stillman, 1954
(26 June 1906 - 1979)

Oh, there's no place like
home for the holidays,
'Cause no matter how far away you roam
When you pine for the sunshine
Of a friendly face
For the holidays, you can't beat
Home, sweet home

I met a man who lives in Tennessee
And he was headin' for Pennsylvania
And some home made pumpkin pie
From Pennsylvania folks a travelin' down
To Dixie's sunny shore
From Atlantic to Pacific, gee
The traffic is terrific

Oh there's no place like home
For the holidays, 'cause no matter
How far away you roam
If you want
To be happy in a million ways
For the holidays, you can't beat
Home, sweet home

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 "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays" midi and lyrics courtesy of http://home.frognet.net/~ritchie/jukeboxpage.htm - 12/03/05

 "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays" postcard image courtesy of http://www.fromtheheartpostcards.com/TeddyBears3.html - 12/06/05

Bears and Lights Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/christ-htm/lines-christ11.htm - 12/06/05

Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!

Coast Guard Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/SealsEmblems/USCG.htm - 10/03/07

Marine Corps Seal clip art courtesy of the late Herbert Hice of MI - one of my Famous Marines who served in the South Pacific during WWII.
Thanks again, Herbie!

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